- Date
- September 03, 1980
- Venue
-
Maxwell's
Hoboken, New Jersey
- Billed As
- The Soft Boys
- Gig Type
- Concert
"Individuals" opened.
Robyn notes in his
Soft Boys history piece that they played Maxwell's "twice in 10 days". The Sept 6th date at Maxwell's was well known (due to the existence of a recording), but the exact date of this additional gig was not pinpointed as the third of September until revealed as such in the
Kimberley Rew Soft Boys Scrapbook.
Image of Maxwell's September 1980 press release showing this show (which was free entry!) and the one on 9/6 from the 'Maxwell's of Hoboken, NJ' Facebook group.
Richard Bishop formed the now highly collectable Armageddon label just so he could release our next record. Out of the eye of the mainstream music business, we were developing our own 'niche market' and the clubs began to fill up again. Richard's enthusiasm got us to New York, even. We played Maxwell's in Hoboken twice in 10 days and at hipster perches like Danceteria and The Mudd Club, with its stage front that rolled up like a garage door. Another foundation stone was laid for the future; I've since met more people claiming to have attended those first Soft Boys US shows than could possibly have seen us - the audiences weren't that big.
-RH, "The Soft Boys Saga" (see link above)